Released | March 11, 1999 |
Recorded | re:think Studio |
Length | 37:37 |
Label | re:think Records |
Produced by | Charlie Peacock |
Previous album | The Legend of Chin |
Next album | Learning to Breathe |
New Way to Be Human is Switchfoot's second studio album and was released March 11, 1999.
Track listing[]
- "New Way to Be Human"
- "Incomplete"
- "Sooner or Later (Soren's Song)"
- "Company Car"
- "Let That Be Enough"
- "Something More (Augustine's Confession)"
- "Only Hope"
- "Amy's Song"
- "I Turn Everything Over"
- "Under the Floor"
Foot Facts[]
- Both "Sooner or Later (Soren's Song)", and "Something More (Augustine's Confession)" are based upon the works of philosophers. Augustine of Hippo and Søren Kierkegaard.
- When asked if "Amy's Song" was based upon a real person, Jon Foreman said that it wasn't, and that the band viewed Amy as the antithesis of the "Concrete Girl" from their previous album.
- A newer recording of the song "Sooner or Later" was featured on Elektra: The Album.
- The song "Only Hope" was featured in the movie A Walk to Remember, along with the songs "You", "Dare You to Move", "Learning to Breathe".
- The single "Let That Be Enough" was featured in the made-for-tv film "Model Behavior".
The Legend of Chin • New Way to Be Human • Learning to Breathe • The Beautiful Letdown • Nothing Is Sound • Oh! Gravity. • Hello Hurricane • Vice Verses • Fading West • Where the Light Shines Through • Native Tongue • Interrobang | |
The Early Years: 1997-2000 • The Best Yet | |
Switchfootage 1 and 2 • Live in San Diego • The Beautiful Letdown (Dual Disc) • Feet Don't Fail Me Now • Nothing Is Sound (Dual Disc) • Live at the Ventura Theatre • The Best Yet - Live • Fading West | |
Oh! EP. • Eastern Hymns for Western Shores • Vice Re-Verses • The Edge of the Earth • Covers |